ONCE a sea-nymph loved a boy: <br />He and she they loved so well. <br />'Oh the foamy billow's joy! <br />Oh the rippling in the sun! <br />Oh the round waves, one by one, Swaying, swaying, swaying, To and fro. <br />Oh my pearl and coral cell, And the long weeds playing, <br />While the surges come and go, Come and go!' <br /> <br />Boy and nymph were hand in hand: <br />He and she they had much love. <br />'Oh the green and ripening land! <br />Oh the lime-scent in the trees! <br />Oh the langour of the breeze, <br /> <br />Wooing, wooing, wooing, Light and low! <br />Oh the twilight in my grove, And the cushats cooing; <br />While the brook steals soft and slow, Soft and slow.' <br /> <br />Love, that heard them, laughed aloud, Took them to the side of him. <br />Was it land or leafy cloud? <br />Was it billowy cloud or sea? 'Twas the home that eyes, kissed dim, <br />Look on as they'd have it be.<br /><br />Augusta Davies Webster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/once-a-sea-nymph-loved-a-boy/
